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The Confident Photographer

3 scripts to handle the most common curveballs at a family session. 

Go from second-guessing yourself to knowing exactly what to say - so you can stay calm, confident, and keep the session flowing no matter what happens.

 

WHAT IT IS

A one-hour workshop that teaches you 3 simple scripts for the 3 most common “stuck moments” at a family session. So you can stay in control, keep the energy flowing, and guide families with ease.

In this micro course, you’ll learn:

  1. What to say when a pose starts to fall apart
    → Keep momentum and energy alive instead of overshooting the same frame.
  2. What to do when a toddler melts down or refuses everything
    → Calm the room and re-engage connection in 10 minutes or less.
  3. How to handle a detached or unhelpful parent
    → Keep the shoot moving smoothly and finish the session on a high.

 

WHO IT’S FOR

  • Photographers who panic when things don’t go as planned.
  • Those who want to stop overthinking and start leading with calm confidence.
  • Anyone ready to handle real-life sessions with grace, humor, and flow.

 

THE PROMISE

You’ll walk away with three practical, repeatable tools that instantly boost your confidence and help you feel like the leader every family needs.

This micro course is about learning how to stay in your power when things don’t go to plan. So you have the capacity to stay calm, creative and present. So you can create an incredible gallery for your clients no matter what happens. 



 

What People Are Saying:

I’ve admired your work for years and am obsessed with your process and beautiful storytelling. I raised my prices significantly in 2023 and started feeling A LOT of pressure (from myself - not my clients) to produce “perfect” galleries and the consequent anxiety that comes along with perfection. Last year, I started examining my art and approach to photo sessions and thinking about how to incorporate more “real moments” and storytelling into my work and taking the pressure of perfection off myself and my clients. I attended a workshop with a well-known photographer which was certainly inspiring and memorable. But I had a difficult time applying [their] approach to family photography. [I’ve] participated in several workshops throughout the year and experimented with different ways of shooting when I could, but wasn’t getting the desired results. Your course has been the BEST at helping me figure out how to photograph families in a more relaxed and memorable way. It is so dense with information. When you talk about each featured session, I feel like I am there with you.

Alice

Before taking this course I had done a handful of family sessions. While I was going through the videos, I simultaneously had family sessions so I was able to put all of my learnings into practice immediately. [the tools I’ve learned have] helped me connect with the family quicker, see when people are getting burnt out before they are depleted, and observe the interactions between family members better. The gallery walk-throughs have been helpful because it matches the way that I learn …. Hearing Suzy talk about what was going through her head during the different photos in the gallery and the conversations she was having with the families helped me set expectations for my future shoots. Ultimately that knowledge sharing has helped me give better experiences and ensure that I’m going to deliver photos that my clients like just as much as I do. A monumental part was being able to sense Suzy‘s passion for teaching, and her want to give families beautiful photos. That energy jumped across the screen! Her passion stoked a fire for my own enthusiasm to go down this path of family photography.

TJ

My work has never been better. I could never find a course that I actually could learn from until this [class] with Suzy was offered. My work has never been better. My business has never been so profitable. It's like a grad class in business and photography, but written just for you. 10/10!

Caili

The course was one of the most beneficial things I did for my business and honestly my personal life. [Home Grown] gave me the push I desperately needed to make necessary changes in my business. What is so amazing about Suzy is that she managed to help me truly see and connect with my own heart, desires and creativity. I also love that she encourages balance, rest and building a business that works with your life. I am so grateful for Suzy and this course.

Katie

Suzy's Homegrown e-book and course was so incredibly enlightening and refreshing. It gave me such a good perspective on finding the joy amidst family dynamics and toddler meltdowns, which is all normal and real and something to be expected and should be met with love and grace. I love how Suzy outlines ways in which she draws a family together, and helps parents take delight in the moment they are in, whatever it may look like. I admire how Suzy takes a holistic approach to helping photographers prepare their minds and bodies for a session, and the work that we need to do in ourselves to be able to show up as creators. This helped me, as a photographer, re-frame my own expectations and realize how my own energy and mindfulness can dramatically shift a session from a family maybe feeling resistant, frustrated, and a "why did we do this?" mentality to "oh, she sees us just as we are, and there is value in being authentic in this moment- there is beauty here that she sees." This allowed me the opportunity to structure my sessions differently and adapt to each and every situation, no matter the circumstances. Because our job as photographers is to lead with love and acceptance, be flexible in nature, and instill confidence in a family that their time and investment is not wasted, but actually SO valued.

Britt